The next trillion-dollar DeFi narrative isn’t just crypto.
It’s everything : forex, gold, stocks, commodities.. all on-chain.
And one platform is bringing the entire derivatives world to DeFi.
This is Avantis ( $AVNT ) - Base’s universal leverage layer 👇
@avantisfi 1/ Avantis was founded in early 2024 by Harsehaj “Sehaj” Singh (ex-Pantera Capital) and Raymond Dong, a blockchain engineer with a background in quant finance.
Their mission: to build a single DeFi platform where anyone can trade any asset, with high leverage and no middlemen.
2/ Singh saw it firsthand at Pantera - DeFi lacked advanced infrastructure.
Centralized exchanges controlled liquidity.
Perps DEXs were isolated to crypto.
The fix?
A universal derivatives protocol for crypto and RWAs.
3/ Avantis’ vision is clear:
To on-chain the $1 quadrillion global derivatives market,
and make it accessible - from BTC and ETH to Gold, Forex, Commodities, and Indices.
Self-custodial, transparent, permissionless.
4/ Backed by Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures, Avantis raised $4M in late 2023, becoming Base’s first perpetuals DEX investment.
The bet paid off:
Within months, Avantis became the top-3 DEX on Base by volume.
6/ And for builders?
The Avantis SDK lets devs integrate trading, feeds, and liquidity into any app.
A full-stack derivatives layer for Web3 - open, modular, and programmable.
7/ What sets Avantis apart 👇
✅ RWA Integration : trade Gold vs BTC or EUR/USD on-chain
✅ Zero Fees + Rebates : better than GMX or Hyperliquid
✅ One Universal Terminal : crypto + macro in one dashboard
✅ No KYC : instant access via Base
✅ Community Flywheel : 40M $AVNT rewards (Sep 2025–Feb 2026)
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